Caroline Henry Art Blog

A city intersection in an older part of town is sprinkled with unexpected elements. A green snake climbs the planter stake and someone has walked out of her red high heeled shoes. A dogs lazes in the street despite traffic. The more you look that more surprising details emerge. The drawing is 11" by 14" on watercolor paper with watercolor wash. Unframed.

I spent a lot of time on this piece. I wanted to make it a layered experience. It needed to be that pleasant looking tree-lined street corner, obviously in an older part of town with newer high rises in the distance. The boy on a bicycle fits right into that charming little scene. It is so normal that the strange to surreal elements provide that much more an intersection with expectations and the unexpected.